Nov 08 2007
- Some Observations -
Since the late sixties and seventies the women’s movement has been striving for ‘equality’ with men. When it comes to alcohol consumption, some women can ‘drink like a man’ but it definitely affects them on a different scale. Women who drink excessively stand a greater chance of having health related issues and these physical problems will manifest themselves much quicker in females than in males. Continue Reading »
Oct 30 2007
No one wants to admit they have a problem, especially when it could be one with alcohol. Heavy drinking, problem drinking call it what you will, when someone is accused of drinking too much it carries a stigma nobody wants to be attached to. So when accused of being an alcoholic or a problem drinker the first thing the accused does is deny they have a problem. Withdrawing, silence, defiance, rationalizing is big, changing the subject and even joking about it are some common reactions associated with denial. Continue Reading »
Oct 09 2007
Every alcoholic or problem drinker will have to pay the piper sooner or later. You simply can’t continue on a path of intense drinking without someone or something intervening that will have a dramatic and life altering influence on your life. Unfortunately because of the alcoholics self centered behavior they tend to learn the hard way that their life will be changing. Continue Reading »
Oct 01 2007
Drink Alcohol long enough and hard enough and you start experiencing some ill effects to the drinking that you may have only heard about. Blackouts are like that. They happen without warning from consuming too much alcohol and BANG! Next thing you know you are wondering where you are and what you’ve been up to since your last waking thought. Continue Reading »
Sep 26 2007
Now that I’ve stopped drinking for a number of years and am recovering well from years of alcohol abuse, I can’t help having some regrets. Oh sure, it’s standard for those you trust enough to talk to about these things to say you should just move forward, get on with your life and enjoy what you have now. See, that would be wonderful except for the fact I’m human and I still have some memory. Continue Reading »
Sep 05 2007
Andrew was an active youth and exercised hard until his mid twenties. He comfortably weighed a very fit 180 pounds for much of his adult life until he started his own business. Longer hours and stress filled days consumed him and he barely had time to sleep let alone exercise anymore. So when Andrew started drinking to quell the stressful days he also started on a road to poor health that was coming back to harass him now. Continue Reading »
Sep 04 2007
Andrew was drinking without caution now since he lost his job. He really didn’t care who saw the booze delivery car pull into his driveway while his wife was working. All he cared about was having enough scotch to make it through the holiday weekend. There would be commitments and scheduled events that he would blow off in a cavalier fashion not caring that he was alienating his wife and family even further than they were now. Continue Reading »
Aug 30 2007
Why do some people have such a hard time asking for help? When they are in trouble whether it be emotional, physical or even financial they seem to fight to try and hang on as long as possible. These folks that are willing to go down with the ship rather than ask for help are the personality types that make for suffering alcoholics. Continue Reading »
Aug 21 2007
You’ve had an epiphany of sorts. You have crossed the line in your own mind that separates the social drinker from the drunk.
You needed a drink last night and one more turned into 3 more strong and deep. You rationalized that it would take the edge off, help you get through the night and you would deal with it in the morning.
You tossed and turned in bed, grinding your teeth and trying to calm your restless legs. Unable to lay still you awoke to have that drink so maybe you could numb your active mind enough to pass out and call it sleep. Now in the morning light you realize that because of your excessive drinking you have just crossed the line to alcoholic. You can’t believe what you are thinking!
Aug 17 2007
Most excessive drinkers at one time or another try and stop or curtail their drinking on their own. Good luck with that! Once a drinking problem is suspected or recognized by an alcoholic they may be able to stop drinking for a period of days, weeks or even months. Eventually though, the trigger for your abusive drinking will rear its ugly head and once again you will be drinking as much or more than before you quit. Continue Reading »
